Allenbrook, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Baytown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77521. It stands on East Fork Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mont Belvieu quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1916 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Allenbrook between 2006 and 2015, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 219 |
| 6 March 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 January 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Allenbrook: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Clay, Halite, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill Mine | Halite, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1908, 1955 | |
| Gulf Coast Portland Cement Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| (Facility) Exxon Baytown Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Baytown Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Club Estates | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Gardens | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Chaparral Village | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Cove | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Oaks | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Quail Hollow | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ginger Green | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Bayou | 1.8 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122539869 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472381. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.









